AUBURN QB KICKED OUT
Auburn backup quarterback Sean White was dismissed from the team on Monday, coach Gus Malzahn announced.
“Sean White is no longer a part of our football program at Auburn,” Malzahn said in a statement. “He has made poor decisions that are not in the best interest of our program and, more important, himself. We appreciate his time at Auburn and wish him nothing but the best.”
On Sunday, White was arrested on a charge of public intoxication.
Jail records show that White, 21, was taken to the Lee County Detention Center at 3:28 a.m. Sunday. He was jailed on $500 bond.
White had been suspended for undisclosed reasons for the first two games. He started 16 games the past two seasons but lost the preseason competition for the job to transfer Jarrett Stidham.
Huskers’ Riley responds.
Coach Mike Riley has been at Nebraska for only 29 games, yet there is an air around the program that his job is on the line as the Cornhuskers get ready to open Big Ten play against Rutgers.
Riley, 64, said he knew what he was getting into when he left Oregon State to come to Nebraska in December 2014 for, as he called it, “one last great adventure.”
Vols lose two players.
TENN.» Tennessee KNOXVILLE, will have to regroup from its devastating 26-20 loss to Florida without a few of its key performers.
Volunteers coach Butch Jones said linebacker Cortez McDowell and wide receiver Jauan Jennings will miss the rest of the season and that safety Todd Kelly Jr. is out indefinitely.
Jennings had been ruled out indefinitely after being injured in the season opener against Georgia Tech. Jones said the junior wideout won’t play all year.
McDowell, who hurt his wrist against Florida, started Tennessee’s first three games and had 24 tackles. His injury hampers a linebacker corps already missing Darrin Kirkland Jr., who suffered a seasonending knee injury last month.
Kelly led Tennessee with 71 tackles last season.
Michigan WR cracks foot.
MICH.» Michigan ANN ARBOR, receiver Tarik Black will need surgery to repair “a crack” in his foot, coach Jim Harbaugh said.
The freshman from Connecticut started all three games in September and is currently the Wolverines’ leading receiver. He made 11 catches for 149 yards in his first three college games
Luton returns to team.
Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton is back with the Beavers after taking a scary hit in their loss to Washington State and leaving the field on a stretcher.
The school tweeted Saturday night that Luton had been released from Pullman Regional Hospital and returned to Corvallis. Luton had movement in all of his extremities.
Pelluer probably done.
Linebacker Peyton Pelluer of Washington State broke his foot in Saturday’s victory over Oregon State and is done for the season.
The Lewiston Tribune and The Seattle Times reported Monday that the senior defensive leader suffered the injury that probably ends his college career.